Novice Retreat 2007


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Doing a solemn sutra recitation at Vulture's Peak. Picture taken with one of the novice monk at sujata-stupa. This stupa was built over time by three empires, marking the residence of lady sujata, who offered milk-rice to Buddha after he saw the futility of ascetic practices and gave them up. The order of monks sitting in meditation at MahaBodhi temple. Ven. Kwang Sheng third from the left, is flanked by Ven. Chuan Hou on his right and Ven. Chuan Li on his left followed by me on the far left.
A beautiful picture at the Japanese temple here before we proceed to the Vulture's peak. More later would reveal that the four of us remained more or less stationary, while the novice monks took full advantage to take photos! While we appeared to be carefree in this picture on the trishaw, we experienced a form of Dukkha, wherein two adult's hips are squashed awkwardly into a confined space (namely the little trishaw seat) amidst the traffic whisking by us!  
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Description: Novice Retreat 2007 conducted by Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery. Led by the Abbot Ven. Sik Kwang Sheng. From 24 Nov ~ 7 Dec 2007.
Location: Bodhgaya.India.Earth.Samsara

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